Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 51: Most costly mission yet - 115 aircraft sent to attack industrial areas at Bremen, sixteen aircraft lost for a lost rate of just under 14%.
War at Sea
German submarine U-175 sunk south west of Ireland
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 17 April 1943, https://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_04_17.html